LAHORE, April 15: Left-arm paceman Zahid Saeed took a match haul of 10 wickets to help Sialkot beat Lahore by six wickets and finish second in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy National Cricket Championship.

Zahid claimed six for 144 as Lahore were all out for 427 in the second innings in the match at the Jinnah Stadium in Sialkot on Thursday. The hosts, who were set a target of 152, then raced to victory with Shahid Yousuf leading the way with an undefeated 87.

Scoreboard

LAHORE (1st Innings) 309 (Ashraf Ali 115; Nawaz Sardar 5-84, Zahid Saeed 4-108).

SIALKOT (1st Innings):

Faisal Naveed c Adnan b Azhar 73

Shahid Yousuf c Adnan b Wasim 15

Faisal Khan lbw b Azhar 62

Mohammad Ayub lbw b Kamran 48

Qaiser Abbas b Wasim 160

Shahzad Malik b Sajid 31

Kamran Younis c Adil b Sajid 90

Hafiz Khalid c Adnan b Wasim 37

Nawaz Sardar b Wasim 8

Zahid Saeed b Wasim 18

Ali Imran not out 5

EXTRAS (B-9, LB-11, W-4, NB-14) 38

TOTAL (all out, 138 overs) 585

FALL OF WKTS: 1-21, 2-121, 3-216, 4-216, 5-287, 6-483, 7-552, 8-557, 9-564.

BOWLING: Mohammad Khalil 31-6-97-0; Wasim Khan 24.2-3-91-5; Sajid Ali 21.4-2-106-2; Kamran Sajid 18-4-63-1; Azhar Ali 32-4-138-2; Salman Butt 7-1-39-0; Adil Nisar 2-0-18-0; Rizwan Aslam 2-0-13-0.

LAHORE (2nd innings, overnight 133-3):

Rizwan Aslam lbw b Zahid 48

Kamran Sajid b Kamran 46

Ashraf Ali b Zahid 11

Adil Nisar lbw b Zahid 0

Adnan Akmal c and b Zahid 16

Salman Butt c sub b Nawaz 96

Intikhab Alam b Zahid 9

Azhar Ali c Kamran b Ali 53

Wasim Khan run out 39

Mohammad Khalil c sub Zahid 36

Sajid Ali not out 1

EXTRAS (B-31, LB-9, NB-32) 72

TOTAL (all out, 110.2 overs) 427

FALL OF WKTS: 1-110, 2-119, 3-119, 4-141, 5-158, 6-176, 7-306, 8-373, 9-421.

BOWLING: Zahid Saeed 32-6-144-6; Ali Imran 27.7-4-111-1; NawazSardar 23-7-68-1; Faisal Naveed 14-5-35-0; Kamran Younis 4-2-5-1; Qaiser Abbas 10-2-24-0.

SIALKOT (2nd Innings):

Faisal Naveed c Rizwan b Sajid Ali 13

Shahid Yousuf not out 87

Kamran Younis b Sajid Ali 0

Faisal Khan st Adnan b Azhar 24

Shahzad Malik c and b Khalil 3

Qaiser Abbas not out 20

EXTRAS (LB-1, W-1, NB-5) 7

TOTAL (for four wkts, 26.2 overs) 154

FALL OF WKTS: 1-40, 2-40, 3-117, 4-120.

BOWLING: Mohammad Khalil 11-0-66-1;Wasim Khan 2-0-22-0; Sajid Ali 6-0-47-2; Kamran Sajid 7-0-14-0; Azhar Ali 2.5-0-10-1.

RESULT: Sialkot won by six wickets.

UMPIRES: Salim Badar and Khalid Mahmood Sr.

MATCH REFEREE: Khalid Niazi.

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